Tom Cotton: It's the House Bill or Nothing on Immigration

What's to stop President Obama from refusing to enforce the Senate bill's border-security promises?

By

Tom Cotton

July 10, 2013 7:22 p.m. ET

America is a nation of immigrants, but we're also a nation of laws, and the U.S. immigration system should respect both traditions. Unfortunately, the Senate immigration bill undermines the rule of law without solving the country's illegal-immigration problem, and it will harm American workers. The House of Representatives will reject any proposal with the Senate bill's irreparably flawed structure, which is best described as: legalization first, enforcement later . . . maybe.